Hingham : a story of its early settlement and life, its ancient landmarks, its historic sites and buildings . ton in June, 1784, where he preached for atime in the Brattle Street Church. The family followed inAugust. From Perth Amboy, , they went on to New Yorkin a little sloop, and thence by a coasting vessel to Newport, They reached their final destination on the second dayfrom New York, passing through Jamaica Plain, the beautifulscenery of which Margaret describes in terms of praise. They lodged at a boarding-house on State Street, kept by aMrs. Gray and her two sisters, where they
Hingham : a story of its early settlement and life, its ancient landmarks, its historic sites and buildings . ton in June, 1784, where he preached for atime in the Brattle Street Church. The family followed inAugust. From Perth Amboy, , they went on to New Yorkin a little sloop, and thence by a coasting vessel to Newport, They reached their final destination on the second dayfrom New York, passing through Jamaica Plain, the beautifulscenery of which Margaret describes in terms of praise. They lodged at a boarding-house on State Street, kept by aMrs. Gray and her two sisters, where they remained three weeks,a reunited family. They then went to a farmhouse in LowerDorchester, kept by a Mr. Withington. Here they lived sevenweeks, when the father had an offer of a good and cheap houseat Weymouth. The family were two days in getting settled inthat ancient town, and on the way stayed over night at the houseof Judge Cranch in Braintree. The house in Weymouth belongedto the wife of John Quincy Adams, then ambassador to England. This house contained a very large and old painting, said to (106). A HAZLITT PANEL. THE HAZLITTS. 107 have been one of the first of Copleys, who afterward became apainter of great celebrity in Boston. He was the father of LordLyndhurst, the English statesman. Copley and his familyremoved to England before the Revolutionary War, and theynever returned to the United States. On this picture the youthful Margaret used to gaze withintense delight. It was the story of Jacob and Esau. Themeeting of the brothers, the camels and cattle, the followers oneither side and in the background marching up between the hillsand seeming to vanish in the air, completed her enchantment;and she ever bore the scene in remembrance as one of the joys ofher girlhood. William Hazlitt, the younger brother, afterward became thecelebrated English critic and essayist. Being then not six yearsof age, he was kept in the house during the heat of the day, andnot allowed out unt
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